Zeegod Glaucus, Philips Galle, 1586

Title(s)

Zeegod Glaucus
Glavcvs (title on object)
Rivier- en zeegoden (series title)
Semideorum Marinorum amnicorumque sigillariae imagines perelegantes (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/17

Object number

RP-P-1898-A-19948

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 416-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

De zeegod Glaucus, gezeten op een schelp. In de achtergrond de nimf Scylla. De prent maakt deel uit van een zeventiendelige serie over rivier- en zeegoden.

Artist

• print maker: Philips Galle (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Philips Galle (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Philips Galle

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1586

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height c. 165 mm × width c. 102 mm

What

• (story of) Glaucus, the fisherman, who was made a sea-god

Acquisition

purchase Sep-1898

Copyright

Public domain

• Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, Manfred Sellink, p. 113; p. 120 (afb.), cat.nr. 416